SeanBot. Setup

Set up SeanBot

Six steps, in the order they come at you. Follow them and you are done in about five minutes. None of them are required before you start using the bot.

Not invited yet? Add SeanBot to your server first, then come back here.

Discord's authorize screen for adding SeanBot, with the permission list and the server picker

  1. Expect a DM from SeanBot

    The moment it joins, whoever invited it gets a direct message with three buttons: Set up SeanBot, Quick tour, and Open dashboard. Press Set up SeanBot and answer the one question it asks (what kind of server is this), and it switches on the features that fit. It remembers the type you picked last time, so keeping it is one tap. If that account has DMs closed, the same menu is posted in the first channel the bot can write in.

    The welcome DM from SeanBot with its three buttons, and the server-type dropdown with Everything (All Features) selected

  2. Check what it turns on

    The wizard ticks every feature that fits the server type you chose. Nothing changes until you press Turn on. Untick what this server will not use, or press I'll customize later to pick by hand. Whatever you choose is remembered from then on.

    Module Settings from the setup wizard, with every recommended feature ticked and the Turn on button ready

  3. Now put the bot role on top

    Open Server Settings > Roles and drag the SeanBot role above every role it has to assign, remove, quarantine, mute, or manage. Discord only lets a bot touch roles below its own, so while it sits underneath them those actions quietly do nothing.

    The role list in Server Settings, with the SeanBot role dragged above the roles it hands out

  4. Go to the dashboard

    Sign in with Discord, choose the server, and open Module Settings. That is the whole list of switches, and a server that has never saved a choice sees the getting-started card that says so. Type /dashboard in Discord to land in the same place.

    The dashboard after sign-in, with the bot's profile card and the module list beside it

  5. Set logging up before anything else

    Logging is already on, so open Log Config and pick where it goes: start with All logs in one channel. That is how you watch what the bot is doing instead of guessing from the outside. Split into separate channels later, when moderation, security, member and voice logs need to be kept apart.

    Log Config, with all logs pointed at one channel

  6. Finish with the check

    Setup ends with an access check that names anything genuinely wrong: a channel the bot cannot post in, a role sitting below the member roles. Run /permissions for the same audit whenever you like, and /staff diagnose to see what is set and what still needs you.

    The access check that ends setup, listing the bot's role reach, moderation actions, and any blocked channels
If a command does not appear

Check three things, in this order: the module is switched off, the command is disallowed under Server Settings > Integrations, or whoever typed it does not have the role.

That is it, you are set up. Everything past this point is optional, and every module has a page of its own written for whoever ends up doing the configuring.

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